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The SAP Management Console (SAP MC) includes context menus that offer a number of useful functions. The context menus enable you to start, stop, and restart individual processes, instances, or the whole system. The context menus differ depending on the item that is selected in the navigation pane. The following table explains some of the main context menu options:

Menu Option

Description

Start

Starts the SAP instance(s) related to the selected item.

Stop

Stops the SAP instance(s) related to the selected item.

Add Application Server Discover Instances

Displays all instances of the selected SAP system.

Remove

Removes the selected SAP system or instance from the SAP MC view configuration.

Restart

Restarts the selected instance.

Show Version Information

Displays version information about the most important executables.

Show Environment Information

Displays system environment information.

Restart Service

Restarts the sapstartsrv service of a selected SAP instance.

Show Profile Parameters

Displays all profile parameters of the selected instance.

Show Start Profile

Displays the start profile.

Show Trace File

Displays the sapstartsrv service trace files.

List Developer Traces

Lists all developer trace files of the selected instance.

Analyze Log Files

Displays log records filtered by severity, time, and number of entries.

Show Developer Trace

Displays the developer trace files of the selected process.

Increment/Decrement Trace Level

Increases/decreases the developer trace level of the selected process.

Shutdown

Stops the selected process (signal INT.)

Kill

Kills the selected process (signal KILL.)

Telnet

Opens a Telnet session for the AS Java.

Start/Stop Process

Starts/stops an AS Java process.

Enable/Disable/Restart Process

Enables/disables/restarts an AS Java process.

Enable/Disable Debug

Enables/disables Java VM debugging for the server processes.

Dump Stack

Dumps the Java stack trace for the selected server process.

Create Snapshot

Creates a system snapshot.

Connect to ...

Connects to the computer in which the instance is running (SSH (Secure Shell) or Telnet).

Export

Exports the result pane data in a file as tab separated value.